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Seasonable temperatures and dry conditions will prevail this weekend, but change is in the air. A series of cold fronts will produce gusty winds on Monday and Wednesday followed by below average temperatures for much of next week and chances for isolated showers.

Light snow is possible in higher elevations, while low temperatures may dip to near freezing in some lower valleys.

In South Lake Tahoe, Wednesday morning lows are expected to be below freezing - are you ready?...

A man accused of pulling a knife on a Placerville grocery store employee, then leading police on foot chase across Highway 50, was taken into custody Thursday.

The incident began about 6:14 p.m., when Placerville officers responded to a report of a robbery that had just occurred at the Grocery Outlet, 1426 Broadway. They were told that the suspect, later identified as 57-year-old Eddie Carmichael, had stolen merchandise from the store, according to a Police Department news release.

An employee reportedly saw Carmichael leaving the store with the items and told him to stop. Carmichael stopped walking, turned toward the employee and pulled out a knife, the news release said. Carmichael then ran from the store, heading west and dropping some of the stolen merchandise from a bag.

The first urban-oriented Hotels by Marriott property in the region is being developed in El Dorado Hills Town Center.

Construction of the 115-room hotel could begin as early as February, in what is estimated to be a $25 million project, said Sam Devdhara, a partner in San Francisco-based 2015 Vine St. LLC, which will develop, own and operate the property.

Devdhara also owns and operates the 93-room Holiday Inn Express hotel that has been in Town Center for about a decade...

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